A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
DISCOVERY SCREEN 1
SUNDAY 25 AUGUST - 3.45 PM
Director: Wes Craven.
With: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon, Ronee Blakely.
USA 1984. 91 mins.
40TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE SCREENING - Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Wes Craven’s classic shocker that re-energized the teens-in-terror stalk-and-slash cycle and proved getting a good night’s sleep can severely damage your mental health. Join Nancy Thompson (Scream Queen wonder Heather Langenkamp) once again as she shares identical nightmares with four other students about dead child molester Freddie Krueger who returns grotesquely scarred from Hell to haunt their surreal dreams. Craven’s warped, visceral twister epitomised all that was great about 1980s horror, invented a new monster icon in razor-fingered Robert Englund, created a fantastic fear franchise and launched the career of megastar Johnny Depp.
FrightFest features horror, fantasy, science fiction and thriller films with an overall 18 rating. Therefore, all films will feature an assortment of the following: supernatural/alien threats, strong language, upsetting scenes, violence, gore, blood, suicide, monstrous menace, tobacco products, creature mayhem, psychological intimidation, sexual imagery, death, child endangerment, maiming, religious profanity, abusive behaviour, bullying, nudity, drug use, strobe lighting and racial stereotyping.